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New set of measures to manage the EU's external borders and protect the Schengen area without internal borders

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15/12/2015

The Commission is proposing to establish a European Border and Coast Guard and also to introduce systematic checks against relevant databases for all people entering and exiting the Schengen area.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Type:
News item
Keywords:
European Border and Coast Guard
external border
Schengen area
security

GERME International workshop: Inside Border / Migration Control

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07/12/2015

During this workshop, day-to-day making and unmaking of borders will be investigated from the perspective of history, policy making, surveillance and control, contestation and human agency.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Type:
Event
Keywords:
border control
border surveillance
immigration detention

BE EMN NCP conference: Return of irregular and vulnerable migrants - Challenges & opportunities

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26/10/2015

Join us to discuss how to provide irregular migrants with information on voluntary return and how to address vulnerabilities in the return and reintegration process.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
irregular migrant
vulnerable persons

EMN Conference in Belgium on the return of irregular and vulnerable migrants

Photo Conference of BE EMN NCP 2015

04/12/2015

The conference of the Belgian National Contact Point to the EMN– which took place on 4 December in Brussels – focused on challenges and opportunities associated with the return of irregular and vulnerable migrants.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
EMN conference
forced return
reintegration programmes
voluntary return
vulnerable persons

Council of the EU and Member States agree to implement systematic and coordinated checks at external borders

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20/11/2015

Justice and Home Affairs Ministers met in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen the following measures, inter alia: EU Passenger Name Record Directive, controls of external borders, information sharing and law enforcement cooperation.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Type:
News item
Keywords:
external border
foreign fighter
passenger name record
Schengen Information System

Sustainable refugee return: Triggers, constraints and lessons on addressing the development challenges of forced displacement

03/11/2015

This study aims to identify the conditions that influence the decisions by refugees in protracted displacement regarding return to their home country: when, why and by whom are decisions on return and other coping strategies made?

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
displacement
durable solution
sustainable return

Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities (EMN Inform)

Cover Image EMN Inform Dissemination of information on voluntary return

03/11/2015

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities".

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
voluntary return

Deadline to respond to public consultation on the Smart Borders Package

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13/10/2015

The European Commission collects views and opinions, as well as ideas and knowledge, to elaborate a revised Smart Borders Package.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Type:
News item
Keywords:
smart border

Dissemination of information on voluntary return in Belgium and in the EU: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities (EMN)

Cover image EU synthesis on dissemination of information on voluntary return

17/09/2015

This EMN study analyses and compares the different approaches used by Member States to ensure irregular migrants are informed of options for return.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords:
voluntary return

Public Consultation on the Smart Borders Package

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29/07/2015

Today, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the "Smart Borders Package", one of the priorities included in the European Agenda on Migration. All citizens (EU nationals and non-EU nationals) and organisations are invited to contribute.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Type:
News item
Keywords:
border management
European Commission

Ten point action plan on migration in response to crisis situation in the Mediterranean.

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20/04/2015

A 10 point action plan of the immediate actions has been presented by Commissioner Avramopoulos and received the full backing of Foreign and Interior Ministers.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Mediterranean region

Frontex Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) 2015

01/04/2015

The Frontex Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) presents a European summary of trends and developments along the external borders of the Member States of the EU.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
entry refusal
illegal border crossing
irregular entry
irregular stay
obligation to leave the territory

Smart Borders Pilot testing-phase reached the execution phase

16/03/2015

On Sunday, 15 March the project on Smart Borders Pilot reached the next milestone - the execution phase – in Lisbon Airport, Portugal.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Schengen
smart border

Moving Back or Moving Forward? Return migration after conflict.

05/03/2015

In this dissertation to obtain the degree of Doctor at Maastricht University, Marieke van Houte shows that the expectations on which migration and development policies are based only apply to a small minority of returnees, who are not the group that is targeted by these policies.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
Afghanistan
agents of changes
AVRR
development
post-conflict situation
return migration
return policies

Comparative Research on the Assisted Voluntary Return & Reintegration of Migrants (IOM)

04/03/2015

The study was conceived and commissioned as part of the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Irregular Migration Research Programme and supported by the IOM and is one of the largest comparative projects on this topic in recent years.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
AVRR
sustainable return

Ad Hoc Query on detention and removal of minors

18/02/2015

18 (Member) States provided detailed national information and available statistical data on the detention and removal of unaccompanied and accompanied minors. This query was launched by the Belgian EMN national contact point.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
minor
removal
unaccompanied minors

Conference: Alternatives to immigration detention in the EU: the time for implementation (Odysseus, Brussels)

Web page of Odysseus network presentation of event

19/01/2015

Organised in the framework of the Made Real Project funded by the European Union, this conference provides a comprehensive understanding of the EU legal framework on alternatives to detention (ATD) for asylum seekers and
migrants.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
alternative to detention
detention
Made Real Project

Morning session on the protection granted to seriously ill migrants in the context of the M’ Bodj and Abdida case-law in Belgium

ADDE logo

06/01/2015

On 20 January, the Belgian Association for foreigners’ rights organizes a training on the topic “What protection for seriously ill persons following M’Bodj and Abdida case-law?”.

Theme:
International Protection
Borders & Visa
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
association for foreigners' rights
ill migrants
Training

Challenges and good practices in the return and reintegration of irregular migrants to Western Africa (EMN Inform)

01/01/2015

This EMN Inform provides information concerning EMN national Contact Points’ practices on return and reintegration to Western Africa.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
assistance
reintegration programmes
voluntary return
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